Independent value of tissue harmonic echocardiography for risk stratification in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute chest pain

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 10 I, 2002, Pages 1031-1037

  Swinburn, Johnathan M A ^a   Stubbs, Peter ^b   Soman, Prem ^b   Collinson, Paul ^c   Lahiri, Avijit ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0036781850     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121809     Document Type: Article

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